NEW YORK, N.Y. (Reuters) — United States President Donald Trump’s administration rejected scores of requests from U.S. oil refiners for waivers that would have retroactively spared them from their obligation to blend biofuels like ethanol into their fuel, delivering a win for farmers and a blow to the oil industry just ahead of the November […] Read more
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Canada gains influence on important WTO trade committee
Canada has been elected chair of an important and influential World Trade Organization committee and it couldn’t come at a better time, says an agriculture industry executive. Canada is heading up the Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Measures Committee, a forum where WTO countries can raise concerns surrounding food safety and animal and plant life and […] Read more
Alta. bees took hardest winterkill hit last year
Colony death rates in the province were much higher than the national rate, which itself was higher than the previous year
About 40 percent of Alberta’s bee colonies did not survive the winter of 2020, the highest percentage of any province in Canada. On Sept. 11 the Canadian Association of Professional Apiculturists released its annual report on honeybee losses across Canada. After surveying beekeepers from coast to coast, they concluded that 30.2 percent of bee hives […] Read more
Food unlikely to spread COVID: CFIA
Food is not a likely source or route of transmission for COVID-19, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency says. No cases of the illness have been reported in connection with food or food packaging, it said in a Sept. 14 news release. As well, the agency confirmed that domestic poultry and pigs do not pose a […] Read more
Prairie fall rye acres may take a hit this year
Less demand for whisky and rye bread due to the pandemic and this year’s disappointing crop seen as reasons for drop
Fall rye acres could drop in Western Canada as COVID-19 cuts demand for whiskey and reduces restaurant sales of rye bread. Plus, rye yields were all over the board this summer and some producers were disappointed by their 2020 crop. “To be honest, it’s a bit of a mixed bag. Some guys had exceptional yields […] Read more
Supper in the field a harvest highlight
MONTMARTRE, Sask. — Supper in the field is a weekly highlight for this farm family during harvest. Lloyd and Colleen Fink, who have been farming for 36 years, make it a point to stop weekly with their daughter Nicole Siwy and her family: husband Bryce Siwy and kids Alexis, 8, Jaxon, 6 and Ava, 3. […] Read more
A tale of two brothers – photo essay
Bob Stevens, 94, and Norm Stevens, 84, of Fiske, Sask., work together to harvest Norm’s wheat crop.
Middle powers urged to unite
If countries like China are going to bully one “middle power” after another, maybe the middle powers should work together to push back. That’s an idea picking up interest in countries like Australia and Canada as political disputes with the world’s giant nations spiral up into levels of hostility and trade retribution not seen in […] Read more
RCMP in Alta. investigate stolen beef
The investigation continues into the theft of a truckload of beef from the JBS plant in Brooks, Alta., which occurred Aug. 30. Cpl. Rob Harms of the Brooks RCMP said Sept. 16 that there were no new developments regarding the disappearance of the beef, valued at about $230,000. According to an RCMP media release issued […] Read more
Ag Notes
TD 4-H scholarship winners announced Twelve 4-H members have been named recipients of the TD 4-H Agriculture Scholarship valued at $2,500 each. The funds will go toward the student’s post-secondary education in agriculture, agricultural science, or agricultural business this fall. Pauline Ferguson of British Columbia: animal bioscience at the University of Saskatchewan Julie Sharp of […] Read more
